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Noun [English]

Forms: procreations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Recorded since circa 1386, from Old French procreacion (14th century; Modern French procréation), from Latin procreatio (“generation”), the noun of action from procreare (“to bring forth (offspring)”), itself from pro- (“forth”) + creare (“to create”) Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|procreacion}} Old French procreacion, {{uder|en|la|procreatio||generation}} Latin procreatio (“generation”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} procreation (usually uncountable, plural procreations)
  1. The process by which an organism produces others of its biological kind Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Biology Translations (the process by which an organism produces others of its kind — see also reproduction): voortplanting (Afrikaans), تَكَاثُر (takāṯur) [masculine] (Arabic), размножение (razmnoženie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 生殖 (shēngzhí) (Chinese Mandarin), voortplanting [feminine] (Dutch), procreatie [feminine] (Dutch), lisääntyminen (Finnish), procréation [feminine] (French), გამრავლება (gamravleba) (Georgian), აღწარმოება (aɣc̣armoeba) [formal] (Georgian), Fortpflanzung [feminine] (German), αναπαραγωγή (anaparagogí) [feminine] (Greek), 生殖 (seishoku) (alt: せいしょく) (Japanese), 생식 (saengsik) (Korean), размножу́вање (razmnožúvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), procreare [feminine] (Romanian), procreație [feminine] (Romanian), воспроизво́дство (vosproizvódstvo) [neuter] (Russian), деторожде́ние (detoroždénije) [neuter] (Russian), gineamhainn [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), procreación [feminine] (Spanish), fortplantning [common-gender] (Swedish), fuortplanting [common-gender] (West Frisian)
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  2. The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing biological offspring Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring): voortplanting (Afrikaans), (geslachtelijke) voortplanting [feminine] (Dutch), (sexuele) procreatie [feminine] (Dutch), reproductie [feminine] (Dutch), lisääntyminen (Finnish), Fortpflanzung [neuter] (German), Zeugung [feminine] (German), αναπαραγωγή (anaparagogí) [feminine] (Greek), 生殖 (seishoku) (Japanese), 出産 (shussan) (Japanese), prokreacja [feminine] (Polish), gineamhainn [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), procreación [feminine] (Spanish), fuortplanting [common-gender] (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-procreation-en-noun-C~C91x3G Disambiguation of 'the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: reproduction Derived forms: family of procreation Related terms: creation, procreant, procreate, procreating, procreative, procreator, propagation

Inflected forms

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    "en:Biology"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "family of procreation"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "procreacion"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French procreacion",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "procreatio",
        "4": "",
        "5": "generation"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin procreatio (“generation”)",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Recorded since circa 1386, from Old French procreacion (14th century; Modern French procréation), from Latin procreatio (“generation”), the noun of action from procreare (“to bring forth (offspring)”), itself from pro- (“forth”) + creare (“to create”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "procreations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "2": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "procreation (usually uncountable, plural procreations)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "creation"
    },
    {
      "word": "procreant"
    },
    {
      "word": "procreate"
    },
    {
      "word": "procreating"
    },
    {
      "word": "procreative"
    },
    {
      "word": "procreator"
    },
    {
      "word": "propagation"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The process by which an organism produces others of its biological kind"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "process",
          "process"
        ],
        [
          "organism",
          "organism"
        ],
        [
          "produces",
          "produces"
        ],
        [
          "others",
          "others"
        ],
        [
          "kind",
          "kind"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing biological offspring"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sexual",
          "sexual"
        ],
        [
          "activity",
          "activity"
        ],
        [
          "conceiving",
          "conceiving"
        ],
        [
          "bearing",
          "bearing"
        ],
        [
          "offspring",
          "offspring"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪʃən"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "reproduction"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "the process by which an organism produces others of its kind — see also reproduction",
      "word": "voortplanting"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "takāṯur",
      "sense": "the process by which an organism produces others of its kind — see also reproduction",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تَكَاثُر"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razmnoženie",
      "sense": "the process by which an organism produces others of its kind — see also reproduction",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "размножение"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shēngzhí",
      "sense": "the process by which an organism produces others of its kind — see also reproduction",
      "word": "生殖"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the process by which an organism produces others of its kind — see also reproduction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "voortplanting"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the process by which an organism produces others of its kind — see also reproduction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "procreatie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the process by which an organism produces others of its kind — see also reproduction",
      "word": "lisääntyminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the process by which an organism produces others of its kind — see also reproduction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "procréation"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gamravleba",
      "sense": "the process by which an organism produces others of its kind — see also reproduction",
      "word": "გამრავლება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "aɣc̣armoeba",
      "sense": "the process by which an organism produces others of its kind — see also reproduction",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "აღწარმოება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the process by which an organism produces others of its kind — see also reproduction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fortpflanzung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anaparagogí",
      "sense": "the process by which an organism produces others of its kind — see also reproduction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αναπαραγωγή"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せいしょく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "seishoku",
      "sense": "the process by which an organism produces others of its kind — see also reproduction",
      "word": "生殖"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "saengsik",
      "sense": "the process by which an organism produces others of its kind — see also reproduction",
      "word": "생식"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "razmnožúvanje",
      "sense": "the process by which an organism produces others of its kind — see also reproduction",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "размножу́вање"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the process by which an organism produces others of its kind — see also reproduction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "procreare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the process by which an organism produces others of its kind — see also reproduction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "procreație"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vosproizvódstvo",
      "sense": "the process by which an organism produces others of its kind — see also reproduction",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "воспроизво́дство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "detoroždénije",
      "sense": "the process by which an organism produces others of its kind — see also reproduction",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "деторожде́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "the process by which an organism produces others of its kind — see also reproduction",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gineamhainn"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the process by which an organism produces others of its kind — see also reproduction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "procreación"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the process by which an organism produces others of its kind — see also reproduction",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fortplantning"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "the process by which an organism produces others of its kind — see also reproduction",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fuortplanting"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring",
      "word": "voortplanting"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "(geslachtelijke) voortplanting"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "(sexuele) procreatie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "reproductie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring",
      "word": "lisääntyminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Fortpflanzung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zeugung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anaparagogí",
      "sense": "the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αναπαραγωγή"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "seishoku",
      "sense": "the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring",
      "word": "生殖"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shussan",
      "sense": "the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring",
      "word": "出産"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prokreacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gineamhainn"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "procreación"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fuortplanting"
    }
  ],
  "word": "procreation"
}

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  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": generational vs. aɣc̣armoeba",
  "path": [
    "procreation"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "procreation",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": childbearing vs. detoroždénije",
  "path": [
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  ],
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  "subsection": "noun",
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}

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